Artist: Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975)
Nationality: British
Movement: Neo-Romanticism
Media: Painting, Sculpture
Influences:

Biography:
British artist, Michael Ayrton, worked in a multiplicity of avenues such as painting, sculpture, stage design, writing, illustration, and broadcasting. Despite his frequent battles with illness, he traveled extensively and had a prolific career. A large majority of his work was centered on the myth of Daedalus and Icarus. Beginning in 1944, he was the art critic for the Spectator and a radio broadcaster.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Michael Bowen, Big Sun, 1975
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Filippo Lippi - The Archangel Michael 1458 tempera on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Michael Bowen, Brahma Bhur Bhuraha Svarom, 1986
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Michael Wolgemut, The Last Judgment, 1493
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Lovis Corinth, St. Michael, 1923
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Anonymous , St. Michael, 18th century
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Michael Mazur, Running, 1965
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Bartolome Bermejo - Saint Michael triumphant over the Devil 1468 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Spanish
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William Michael Harnett, After the Hunt, 1885
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Michael Baltekal-Goodman, Still Life, 1932
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Michael Natalis, Portrait of the Duc de la Tour, 1665
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George Michael Gaethke, Clown, 1941
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Michael Bergt, Rock "n" Wave, 1981
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Michael Mazur, Palette Still Life, 1978
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Michael Mazur, Still Life Palette #8, 1979
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Harvey Breverman, Study of Michael Rothenstein, 1973
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Michael Bowen, She Had a Beautiful Sari and She Was Brain Dead from Exhaust Fumes, 1986
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Giovanni Battista Moroni - Two Donors in Adoration before the Madonna and Child and St. Michael 1557-1560 oil on canvas Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Michael A. Baltekal Goodman, Kids, ca. mid 20th century
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Michael Ponce de Leon, Nude, 20th century
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Michael Holder, The Abyss, circa 1953 - 1954
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Paul Cadmus, Male Model (Michael Kan), 1953
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Michael Baltekal-Goodman, Canvas Mountains, 1930
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William Michael Harnett, The Meerschaum Pipe, 1886
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Michael Wolgemut, [Cityscape], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Cityscape], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Natalis, Marriage of St. Catherine, 17th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Bishop], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Rex Salomon], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Crucifixtion], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Lucanus], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Flagellation of two men], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Man with sword], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Bishop], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Papias], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Maximilianus], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Micheas], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Wolgemut, [Coronario...], 15th - 16th century
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Michael Plonsky, Sketches of Street Types, 1802
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Michael R. Ware, Hillside Patures, 20th century

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